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Where the defendant has been charged with a violation of Title 16 U.S.C. § 1857(1)(L) and faces a maximum punishment of six months in custody and a fine of up to one hundred thousand dollars, he is entitled to a jury trial because the offense is not “petty.”

Where (1) a plaintiff asked for a jury trial in a civil case, (2) the defendant did not file a jury trial demand, (3) shortly before trial, the plaintiff waived his request for jury trial and (4) the defendant then objected and requested a jury trial, the judge erred in rejecting the defendant’s request.

Where plaintiffs are seeking a jury trial of their G.L.c. 93A claim against the defendants, I hold that their request must be denied because there is no Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial with respect to a G.L.c. 93A claim.